Lacking maturity is the same as lacking knowledge, gowth, and progress. Age cannot be a determining factor for whether or not maturity is present in one’s life because maturity can most definitely be achieved from experiences and encounters. In the memoir, A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah expereinced meny of his childhood years as a child soldier. Living the demoralizing and trapped lifestyle of a soldier has actually made some sort of a positive impact on his life by giving him the gift of maturity. Beah’s age did not play a single role in his mature ways. He was a young, mature boy which most people in this world today would say, “No way, that’s impossible. It has become almost natural to say that young equals immaturity; however, it has
